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Mickey's dope architecture - So it turns out that Celebration, Florida -- the Disney-designed planned community -- is not as lame as I thought it'd be. This Slate photoessay shows that it's actually got some pretty good urban/suburban design. It might even [gasp] help... Posted in random bits of detritus | 0 Trackbacks | 29 Comments

A novel about oneself - So over the past 2 weeks, thinkness has seen three movies, all of which have been a bit emotionally overwhelming for me: The Anniversary Party, Before Sunset, and Sideways. It's strange, I don't necessarily usually seek out movies like that,... Posted in random bits of detritus | 0 Trackbacks | 43 Comments

If it's new it MUST be good - The electric can opener. I hate it. Now there is a term for this type of buffoonery: an electric-can-opener question. Die, electric can opener, die. Actually, the worst thing is that horribly overdesigned "rabbit" corkscrew. thinkness hates thee.... Posted in random bits of detritus | 0 Trackbacks | 135 Comments

Boat-ax injection - Anecdote from The Hindu about a man who sells historical American curious: "He points to an axe and says that it was the same used by George Washington to chop the cherry tree. When asked how it looks so shiny,... Posted in random bits of detritus | 1 Trackbacks | 198 Comments
The NYTimes is mine! (and yours) - There is a really extremely useful website that generates permanent links to NYTimes stories. I've been hoping for something like this for many moons, and now we finally have it. Let's hope it doesn't get too too popular, because then... Posted in random bits of detritus | 0 Trackbacks | 134 Comments

Tough on the ticker - The expected lifespan of a professional bicycle racer is only slightly over than 50 years. Whoa. thinkness will try to remember that the next time I criticize myself for being lazy; hey, it's for my own good.... Posted in random bits of detritus | 0 Trackbacks | 162 Comments